Improvement in wheelbarrows



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SOLOMON STERN, OF NEW ORLEANS, LOUISIANA.

IMPROVEMENT IN'WHEELBARROWS.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. l 54,923, datedSeptember 8, 1874; application filed August 3, 1874.

To all whom it may conce-rn:

Be it known that I, SOLOMONv STERN, of New Orleans, in the parish ofOrleans and State of Louisiana, have invented a new and usefulImprovement in Wheelbarrows, of which the following is a specification:

The subject of my invention is an improvement in dumping wheelbarrows.It consists ot a balanced body or tray hinged, by means of a rod andlugs vor ears, to the front portion of a supporting-frame. At the backof the frame is a spring-catch, which can be operated by the foot forreleasing the tray to dump the contents.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a perspective view of awheelbarrow illustrating my invention as constructed with a boxbed. Fig.2 is a vertical longitudinal section of the same, showing the tiltedposition of the body in dotted lines. Fig. 3 is aside elevation, showingthe invention applied to an openframe wheelbarrowwithout a box. Fig. 4is a plan view of the invention in the form` shown in Fig. 3.

A is the main frame, supported at back by legs L, and in front by aWheel, B, running in a standard or pedestal, C, in customary manner. Hare handles of usual forni. D is the tilting bed or frame, resting onthe main frame A, and pivoted to the forward end thereof by a rod, E,passing through suitable hooks or eyes e. This frame is constructed ofstout wood, firm-ly united by cross-pieces F, as illustrated in Figs. 3and 4, when the barrow is made for carrying wood, brick, or othermaterial not requiring a box; orit is made in the form of a box or hod,as illustrated in Figs. 1 and 2, when the barrow is made for carryingcoal, sand, sawdust, or other material which must be held in acontaining vessel. Gr is a spring-catch, pivoted to the rear part of themain frame A, and extending downward, so as to be pressed back by thefoot when required to dump the contents. When released, it is pressedforward to its normal position by means of a spring, in readiness tocatch the pivoted frame or bed automatically,

and securely hold it.

The parts of the barrow are secured immovably together while conveying aload; but when the latter is to be dumped, this is effected by a slightpressure of the foot on the spring-catch Gr. The load being dropped, thepivoted bed or frame is restored to its normal position, either bydrawing it down behind-or by lifting the handles of the barrow.

The following is claimed as new:

The combination of the main frame A, tilting frame l), and spring-catchG, substantially as and for the purposes set forth.

SOLOMON STERN.

Witnesses:

T. W. YOUNG, CHAs F. BARRY.

